The only guidance available to you is up in the sky. imagine if you get lost in the middle of the sea, or a vast desert, and don’t have your GPS, or even a compass. And it was a crucial part of navigation skills to be able to recognise the placement of stars, because survival depended on it. May be it’s not that relevant to us anymore, but even a few hundred years ago, navigators and sailors depending solely on the night sky to get their bearings right. We have detailed the signs for a people who know.” ( 6:97) Guidance:Īllah (swt) says, “And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. The Functions of Placements of Stars in the Sky 1.

What’s the purpose of choosing star-placements as the object of the oath in this passage? Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan mentions three functions of stars that clarify this purpose. There’s always a purpose for choosing that specific object. The objects that Allah choose to take oaths by in the Quran are very relevant. He is best known for his recitation of Sura Al-Fatiha, the first chapter of the Qur'an.“So I swear by the setting of the stars.” ( 56:75) Shaikh 'Abd us-Samad was one of the first huffaz to make commercial recordings of his recitations, and the first president of the newly formed Reciters' Union in Egypt. On one occasion, he was reciting verses from Sura al-Ahzab (The Confederates), he was requested to recite for longer than his allotted 10 minutes by his audience, and continued to recite for over an hour and a half his listeners were captured by his mastery of pitch, tone and the rules of tajwid (Qur'anic recitation).

In 1950, he came to Cairo where Muslims in many mosques were captivated by his recitations. Abdul Basit was greatly influenced by the famous reciter Muhammad Rifat and used to walk miles to listen to his recitations on the radio. He memorised the Qur'an and became a hafiz with its seven readings.He was invited to recite during the Tarawih prayers at local mosques during Ramadan when he was just 14 years old. Abdul Basit cites the many event as a miracle he had experienced during one of his travels, reminiscent of other accounts in Islamic history of Meccan converts from recitation.Ībdul Basit was born in a village called Armant in the southern part of Egypt in 1927. Shaikh Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad recites Qura`n in renowned way, by this believes he won three world Qirat competitions in the early 1970's. “There is a key for everything, and the key to Paradise is to love the Qur’an“Įvery situation is a lesson to be learned and recitation is the best of it.

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